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From Casino Poker to Online Poker: Making the Switch

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Let us find out what a casino player should think and remember when they start playing an online poker or hold’em or their favorite game.

We find that more and more players are trying to switch to online games and they are more competitive while playing the online games. You will have the comfort of playing the game at home and even if it ticks 5 AM in the morning, you will still find some online players as it is a prime time somewhere else in the globe.

The change from a traditional casino to an online casino does not make any difference to the game. The rules and odds, and the gaming strategies are still the same whether you play poker at a land casino or online. If you have a set and your opponent has flushed out, the odds against one of the 10 cards will promote you to a full house or better on the river will still be 3.6 – 1 irrespective of whether where you play poker

However, this transformation from traditional to online poker will make you to undergo some changes and you need to make some adjustments in order to be successful.

If you have never played an online game, and excited to download the software and start, wait a minute, relax and find out what exactly you need to do first. You need to start playing the online poker with mini or micro limits. Understand the game first, and learn how it is different from the traditional game. Then once you get familiarized with the software then you can start with your regular betting level.

Poker in a traditional casino is played at this peace with your competitors all around the table. When you are playing face-to-face with the opponents you will register certain facts like their hand movements, impressions and facial expressions, comparing the hands when they are betting down. You might not be aware of this game watching, but still you continue to do in the subconscious stage.

You can do lot of assessment of the players when you watch them while playing. You can observe how they are behaving while playing, drinking or reading a magazine while playing, whether the player is often distracted etc. There is lot of game planning, learning and many tactics when you interact personally with the players.

All these would not be possible in online poker. You can never see a player except for their name or a alias name or a graphical image called avatar. You can never judge a person by seeing their screen name or a picture. Internet helps us changes ourselves into different ways that we like and would like to be.

Even though you walk into a new casino’s poker room and do not know anyone still you can make friends and understand people from the style and the way they play the game. You never know whether they are producing their real names or fake names but still you can make sure how he plays the game and their thoughts will get registered in your subconscious memory.

Physical appearances are more powerful that a virtual appearance. It was always recommended to take notes about your player while playing poker. But you cannot do this online. The notes after game gets refreshed and you never what notes you have on a particular player after 3 months if you encounter the same person.

Some online players play multiple games at one time. Many of them play 3 or 4 games at the same time and few of them arrange dual monitors on their screens so that they can play as many as 8 games at a single time. However, you would not be able to take notes in such scenarios. Multitasking is not possible with every player. You need have special focus and attention or else you might end up in looses. The advantage of the online play is that it gives you an opportunity to play many games at the same time and also helps you to experiment.

You can try to figure out how many bets you can win per hour and play them accordingly. If you can win 2 bets per hour in one game, then if you play 2 games simultaneously then you can win 4 bets in an hour. However, if you can win only one bet in one game and you are losing while playing many games, please stick to one game or else you may encounter losses. Diversifying will help you to play a smoother variance of poker.

The software will definitely have option to make it an auto pilot or you can pause the game for some time which allows you to concentrate on the other games. However, the other players will come to know if you have turned on auto pilot and they will change their game plans.

The opponents playing strategies cannot be identified so easily in online poker. There are many chances they always use the check boxed of the software to improve their winning chances. The only way you can know about such strategies is write notes about those players.

Online poker gives you an up to date statistics of your play. It informs you how many hands you have played, how often you have flopped or stayed at the river. In the real casino you will always go with your aggressiveness but the online play will always give you the exact count of the play.

So, there are many advantages and disadvantages of the online poker. However the game is always as exciting as ever.

Absolutely The Best Poker Players In The World

Monday, March 9th, 2009

The game of poker is a mental game it puts your brain through a tough exercises. There is nothing like poker to jog your brain into activity. The strategies that one needs to implement in order to succeed in the game give your brain a real work out. It is true that game has to do with a bit of good fortune and luck but at the end of the day the most imaginative mind takes the crown of being the best in the game. People have always been curious to know who the best poker player in the world is. The truth of the matter is that is not that easy to come up with one name that deserves such an accolade. When you ask fans of poker who the best player is, they think of the players that get the most exposure.

Some of us have played the game a few times and have managed to win on a couple of occasions. They are those of us that seem to win with all cards that they are dealt. The experience that these people have managed to garner and continue to do so has lead some people to call them the best in the world. Some people call it talent some call it playing everyday but what ever it is these players deserve to be called the best poker players in the world.

The first player to get such an honor is Phil Hellmuth. A role model to the young up coming poker players as he is the youngest player to show that you do not need to be old to be a seasoned player. He won his first World Series Poker Tournament at the age of 24 if he was an Olympian then he would be the best of all time has he holds nine gold bracelets (bracelet equivalent to gold medal). This is not to mention the loads of prize money that he has won along the way. He is also an author having written several books on how the game is played. He also writes for a magazine where he is one of the featured writers. There are other players like Doyle Brunson. Chip Reese and Johnny Chan. What makes these players the best in the business is their ability to make a lot of money at the money games and be able to dominant in tournaments that offer less money. The beauty of such players is that they do well in mixed games. More often that not you will find that players will do well in one aspect of the game but fail in another. There is however one question that is more difficult to answer and that is the best player in the world.

Allen Cunningham

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Allen Cunningham was born in 1977 on the 28th of March in Riverside, Calif to Dean and Joanne Cunningham. He started playing card games at an early age with family members like most poker champions. Allen attended UCLA where he pursued a degree in civil engineering. Aside from school he would occasionally play poker at local casinos as a hobby and get some extra money as well. He became prominent on the poker scene in 1998. It was in his second year in college that he started winning poker games consistently and at a tender age of 19 he dropped out of school.

He only began to play the real tournaments at the age of 21 which is the legal age to participate in these casinos. As one would expect he didn’t just start winning tournaments he actually went through a number of losses but that didn’t discourage him. He also made friends with fellow players that today are renowned poker players. Their group was more or less like a forum wee they shared ideas and tips and played amongst themselves perfecting their skills. The second year of his career was the beginning of his successful wins in the tournaments.

In 1999 he had top ten finishes in a total of six tournaments at Bicycle casino located in Los Angeles. Four months later he came second in a No Limit Holdem game and gained recognition after a remarkable performance at the U.S poker championships.

In 2000 he was in the top twenty in five different tournaments were he also earned a large sum of money.

2001 was the year the young player won his first World Series bracelet, at which he defeated more than a hundred players and walked away with about $200,000!

Each year was an achievement year; in 2002 he won his second bracelet in the Deuce-to-Seven No-limit group.

 2003 was a successful year with a series of wins. It was in 2005 that he won his third bracelet in the No limit Holdem tournament. He managed to earn more than a million dollars and was the first to do so before attempting the main event. In this year he earned the title 2005 ESPN/Toyota Player of the year.

2006 as the year he earned his fourth bracelet in the $1,000 No limit Holdem event. This tournament had more than seven hundred entrants. His largest payout was when he came fourth in the 2006 World Series of Poker in the main event. 2007, the year he earned a fifth bracelet. Five bracelets in consecutive years, was very impressive.

Allen Cunningham won the Mega match on Poker After-Dark and the National Poker league Vegas Open Championship Main Event.

Early 2008 he won the World Series of Poker Circuit event in Los Vegas. He featured n the 2008 World Series of Poker and he managed to total $10, 22,000 worth of winnings.

Currently the Poker Champion stays in Las Vegas with his girlfriend,Mellisa Hayden and dog, Muffin.

Andre’s Bad Beat Story

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Andre began with $150 and slowly built up his chips to up to $1,000. Then one hand he was given pocket 10s. Another player raised to $25. Other players folded except Andre. The flop is 10-8-8. The other player bets $60 and Andre called. The turn is 3. Player bet $200 and Andre raised all in. Player called with his pocket kings. Well luck must be on the other player’s side. The river is a king.

At last, the easy way to cash online

Monday, March 9th, 2009

The life of an average worker can be very frustrating, enduring the same routine each day commuting to work, working an eight hour day with bosses who treat you like crap, and at night you are haunted by dreams of making it big when you know that there are no way you are going to get rich. If you are tired of such a life then at there is an easy way to make money online.

Every day more and more are resorting to the internet to make money, many people are now experiencing the benefits of making money online. Online website businesses provide more freedom than a normal job, online business allow you to work when and where you want.

Starting an online business is not very difficult, although it may require a lot of time and effort. To start an online business you don’t have to be a rocket scientist all you need is the basic knowledge of how to operate a computer, and have a computer with internet connectivity.

The first step to making cash online is to focus on the skills that you already have for example if you are good at typing then you can become a freelance article writer, or editor, if you are a good gambler and have some experience playing at casinos then you can try online casino games where you can play all your favorite casino games and if you are lucky you can win lots of money. When you are trying to make cash online you will need to make use of all the skills that you have gained from your work experience and your academic skills.

To make money online you need to have a plan and strategy because if you just rush into it you can end up losing money instead of gaining money on the internet. For example you will need to know how to avoid online business scams because the internet is home to many good and bad online business websites and you need to know the most reliable and trustworthy sites to invest your money in and how to avoid scams. In your online cash plan you will need start up funds, a specific strategy on how you are going to make money online, and if you can get someone reliable, or with experience in this area to help you the better.

One of the best ways to make money online is to own a website, once you have a website you will need to build an online presence make your website attractive and appealing to people, them you will need to find a good web hosting company. Once you have established your self on the internet the next step is to find an affiliate program as these are the best ways to make money fast, another source is with Google Adsense. Making money online is not a very difficult thing to do all you need is a good website and before you know it you will be making easy cash from the comfort of your home.

Avoid Big Mistakes

Monday, March 9th, 2009

A play with a negative expected value is a mistake in poker. There are two types of mistakes, small and big. Let’s focus on the big mistake for this one. A big mistake is something with a big negative expected value.

To analyze how big your mistake is, you must size up the pot because the size of the pot affects the expected value of a player’s decisions at the table. If the expected value is bigger than the amount of bet then you should go ahead and make the call.